chapotraphouse

Only ORK da gud guyz!

The RSS-to-lemmy server a few of us have be appreciating will soon be shut down.

If anyone wants a side project, a leftist implementation of this project would be really cool.

So it turns out .cat is only for Catalonia. I didn’t know this, just thought it was a neat hostname. So… they finally caught me not being Catalan, and they’re taking my domain away.

It’s sad. I’m not really sure what I plan to do, but in about a week, rss.ponder.cat will be no more. Sorry gamers. No promises but one possibility would be to set up a replacement instance, and just send everyone a DM with links to be able to get their subscriptions via the new instance instead.

People are going to complain at me about having to block the new bots, too. Hooray! Well, life goes on.

(It was published 3 days ago.)

I'm super shy, super shy~

Is calling anyone who thinks that the Soviet Union was not a literal hell on earth a "red fascist"

This way lies true freedom

I will not be taking questions, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

City spends $80k+ on a parade and fireworks show.

The parade has multiple right-wing groups so it's basically a MAGA rally.

The fireworks show takes place in a bird sanctuary and costs $30k for a disappointing 20 minute show. Prepping it requires two weeks of dedicated overtime labour from dozens of people at the expense of the rest of the parks system, all in 30C+ weather.

The day after requires more overtime labour from dozens of people to clean up that bird sanctuary. It was filled with beer cans, broken bottles, dirty diapers, and everything else people could think to throw on the ground. The nesting grounds, vulnerable habitat, ornamental beds we spent two weeks manicuring, a two block radius around the sanctuary. The wildlife in that sanctuary had just spent the night gorging themselves on food waste and plastic/glass if they weren't scared off by the explosions.

Our budget is being cut by 25%+ next year and most of the staff don't receive health insurance benefits. Cost-cutting is the major theme of the year with major pullbacks on plans for biocentric gardens, the only thing we received compliments on at a recent public event. What remains is going to massive grass lawns, pickleball courts, and the next 4th of July event.

My hate is pure.

It will poison your algorithm to click this, but I appreciate that most of the comments think it's real: https://youtube.com/shorts/pLRGQNNkq9g

listen, Jackfruit

I am listening to the Jacobin Dig podcast and they actually have a really interesting interview. Basically these 2 people are representing themselves as having been part of the inner cadre who planned this whole mayor thing from the start. Like obviously with other people, but this isn't an interview with 2 rando members of DSA.

(It would be very bold to be taking credit for this if they were full of shit. But I would like if anyone with direct knowledge can confirm.)

Link: How Zohran Won w/ NYC DSA 01 Jul 2025 mp3

They have no transcript and only this short summary:

Featuring NYC DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser on how Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. NYC DSA spent years building an electoral juggernaut that has now made history and offers a model for the left everywhere across the United States. A behind-the-scenes look at how NYC DSA and the Zohran campaign did it!

But they are talking about questions I asked in an earlier thread which I'll just kind of summarize below so you will know if you are interested in the same things. It is 2hrs long at 1x speed so this isn't comprehensive.

• To what extent was he "sent" by DSA?
• How responsible was DSA for these 40k canvassers?
• Is there any mechanism of accountability to DSA in place here?
• Does he plan to consult them when he's in power?
• Will they have any influence?
• If Mamdani is elected mayor and he does something totally contrary to the DSA, what do they do about it?
• Is DSA recruiting from the 40k canvassers?
• Are new people showing up to their meetings?

Not yet discussed:

• What's it like to be in the NY DSA right now?
• how many of new recruits are spies sent by Bill Ackman?

So that's where President Parrot was hiding

(This is for the 2-3 people that remember President Parrot)

https://xcancel.com/POCHOWEK/status/1543378788968439808

This isn’t mine but something I found on the Ireland subreddit. Apparently there bare a bunch of American tourists in Killarney in the summer and they do a “July 4th Parade” for them which is so unbelievably cringe to me. It’s great that plenty of folks in Ireland aren’t standing for this nonsense, though, and making themselves heard there.

So many remixes so many bands making beats with this I'm sorry FAM it makes me so WARM AND FUZZY

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté Full episode: Why Trump Threatened to DEPORT Zohran Mamdani

Episode webpage: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/full-episode-why-trump-threatened

Media file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/167499502/8fc2ca2de5fcfdf45dbb4de35b7c6048.mp3?token=561b3d6b-6873-409d-9183-542457c8a7f8